Rory McILroy and Shane Lowry overcome difficult conditions to put himself in the running after the first round of Arnold Palmer Invitational in Bay Hill in Florida.
Lowry from Ireland carded one by 69 of three sous of the second row alongside Keegan Bradley in the United States, Corey Conners of Canada and Christiaan Bezuiden in South Africa.
McILroy n ° 2 in the world, finished with a 70, three shots drifting the Topper Wyndham Clark ranking, which has put three birdies in the last six holes to end on five under 67.
However, Strong Winds limited the scoring with Lowry and McILroy dropping a shot on the 18th, but Clark managed to find his pace despite the weather conditions, hitting three Birdies in the last six holes to take a two -stroke advance.
Justin Rose in England was briefly in the lead on the first nine, but pushed his tee shot out of the limits and carded a double Bogey and is alongside McILroy in the ranking.
The n ° 1 of the world and the title champion Scottie Scheffler posted a 71 while Justin Thomas managed to make a return after having undergone two double bogys in his first four holes.
The title champion of the open, Xander Schauffele, dropped six shots in the first 10 holes of his turn to finish a better blow than pink.
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